The cylinder is the basic skill for most of the forms we create. We are often too quick to jump ahead without teaching our body and brain how to make the perfect cylinder. Sign up for this cylinder intensive. YOU MUST KNOW BASIC STEPS OF THROWING A POT! (You don’t have to be good at those steps.) This is not a “from scratch” class! We will be timing and challenging ourselves. Attempting to throw 8 to 10 PERFECT cylinders…(yeah right).

You will get to keep 4 cylinders. Additional pots would be subject to firing fees.

$80 per artist- Members receive a $20 discount

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9/20 12:30-3pm
10/10 6:30-9pm

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Mendham Mud

9/21  12:30-3pm- cancelled due to low signup

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Have you seen all those cool pots that look like archeological finds? Those are what we call cracked pots! In this Sodium Silicate Workshop, you will learn several methods to get this cool effect. (Must be able to throw a small cylinder on the wheel without assistance.)

Workshop includes 8 oz sodium silicate, and firing fees for up to 4 medium sized pots. (After that firing fees are 6 cents/ cubic inch for members, or 10-18 cents non members, depending on which glaze you use.)

$120 per artist- Members receive a $20 discount

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10/18 4-6:30pm

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In this workshop, students will learn the basics of screen printing onto clay. Corrine Carr will demonstrate how to prepare & burn a screen, although it must be done in the dark, so this part will not be hands on. Artists will choose from provided screens to print on 3 of their bisqued pieces. Pots must be no larger than 6 x 5 inches

Firing Fees included.

$120 per artist- Members receive a $20 discount.

Madison Mud

10/5 1-4pm

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10/11 1-4pm

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Join Raku Artist Brett Thomas in an outdoor creative experience. Limited to 15 artists (Pizza included, but not made in the kiln!)

Each artist will be able to glaze and fire 5 pieces! Pots must be created with Raku clay (which can be purchased at Ceramic Supply or from Mud at $35 per 25lbs) Pieces must also be bisqued before the workshop. (Glazes will be provided.) Pieces should be no bigger than 12” high and 8” wide.

$175 per artist- No Member discount

Madison Mud

10/11 9am-5pm
11/8 9am-5pm

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This one day big pots workshop will cover centering and throwing clay 5lbs and above. We will work on basic cylinders and maybe get a sexy one out of it! We will learn how to increase the size of our “tools” to get larger vessels. Must be able to center 2lbs of clay relatively quickly.

Firing fees are NOT included! (discounted at 4 cents per cubic inch for members, 8-16 cents per cubic inch for non-members, depending on which glaze you use.)

$130 per artist- Members receive a $30 discount

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10/18 12:30-3pm

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Madison Mud

10/26 12:30-3pm

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Nerikomi is a decorative process established in Japan that involves stacking colored clay and then slicing through the cross section to reveal a pattern. Nerikomi designs provide a wonderful way to work three dimensionally with patterns and images, or they can become the walls to hand built pots.

During this workshop, Tina Burk will guide you in creating a unique pattern and then applying it to a masterpiece.

Firing Fees included.

$150 per artist- Members receive a $25 discount

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11/8 1-4pm

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Kintsugi

The Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. If a bowl is broken, rather than discarding the pieces, the fragments are put back and the cracks are adorned with gold.

Guest Instructor Tara DeLuca will lead you in connecting with a bowl (provided by us), breaking it, confronting the damage and taking ownership of the pieces that remain by glueing them back together.

$120 per artist- Members receive a $25 discount

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10/25 1-3:30pm
12/7 1-3:30pm

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